Mexican tobacco growers: Economically shunned by industry, still used as lobbyists

By Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab

Big Tobacco cultivates more people, less land, in Mexico

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"… e vitamin-enriched serum he was absorbing would help him resist effects of chemicals he heard are applied to U.S. tobacco fields.In another house, Edelberto Se …"

Four years after oil company's criminal conviction for pollution, still no sentencing

By Jim Morris

Four years after oil company's criminal conviction for air pollution, still no sentencing

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"… nearly a decade, the jury found, emissions of benzene and other hazardous chemicals — from two hulking, uncovered tanks — regularly swept into a mostly po …"

"… that residents’ symptoms have many potential causes besides exposure to chemicals from the Citgo tanks.David Uhlmann, former chief of the Justice Department …"

More hiring through 'green' chemistry?

By Jim Morris

Study suggests way to revive an industry and create jobs. The industry blames Washington.

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"… nts that a shift to “green” chemistry and stricter regulation of toxic chemicals could revive the U.S. chemical industry, which has been shedding jobs rapi …"

"… ion Agency has limited ability to oversee the development and marketing of chemicals and must prove that products are harmful before regulating them, a nearly …"

"… the EPA to collect basic health and safety information on the 80,000-plus chemicals already on the market as well as new compounds.The Amherst researchers say …"

"… y reducing incentives for industry to innovate, since many of the existing chemicals grandfathered in under TSCA face fewer regulations,” the study says.Whil …"

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The Bay State's toxic legacy

By Beverly Ford

Despite the expenditure of millions in cleanup costs, 25 Massachusetts Superfund sites are still a toxic mess

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"… ving eight Woburn families and a public water supply contaminated by toxic chemicals. Profiled in numerous newspaper, television and radio accounts along with …"

"… ram, knows whether humans are still being exposed to its witch’s brew of chemicals, federal records show.“Woburn made people see the profound health effect …"

Coal ash: The hidden story

By Kristen Lombardi

Pat Nees never liked the water at the Moose Lodge. Almost everyone in tiny Colstrip, Montana, drank and dined at Lodge #2190, but the well w

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"… ialist overseeing the plant, describes a six-page list of almost two dozen chemicals in the ponds as “a table of woe.”State records and company documents r …"

"… peg the so-called Stage Ponds as top culprits for leakage of some of those chemicals. Built in 1976 with a clay buffer, the Stage 1 Pond began oozing pollutant …"

"… ds of feet beyond the ponds with boron, sulfate, and chloride, among other chemicals. Pollutants have also corrupted a handful of wells in neighborhoods below …"

Overview: The black market in bluefin

Along the Mediterranean coast of France, in the city of Montpellier, prosecutors are quietly putting on trial an ancient French tradition —

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"… led distribution system sits Mitsubishi. Better known for trading in cars, chemicals, and steel, the corporate giant owns subsidiaries that control about …"

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Use of toxic acid puts millions at risk

By Jim Morris and Chris Hamby

A 2009 explosion in Corpus Christ sheds light on danger of toxic acid cloud

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"… ntrolled reports outlining worst-case scenarios involving highly hazardous chemicals. The Center reviewed reports for the 50 refineries that use HF. The report …"

"… ted. The EPA does require companies using significant amounts of dangerous chemicals to manage them, disclose possible hazards and prepare for emergencies. Bey …"

"… for emergencies. Beyond that, however, the agency has little say over what chemicals companies use. Regulators can’t compel a company even to consider altern …"

"… lation that would have forced companies to weigh alternatives to hazardous chemicals such as HF has failed repeatedly amid industry resistance. In a 2009 lette …"

Assessing RNC police tactics, part II

By G.W. Schulz

In the second part of a two-part story, CIR looks at several of the cases flagged by intelligence-led policing during the 2008 Republican Na

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"… ts, and light bulbs, which police claim can be filled with paint and other chemicals to be thrown.Eight people total were arrested in the days to come, police …"

Too tight on toxins?

By Matthew Lewis

The Bush admin is on its way out and strict workplace toxicity regulations may be going with it. Political appointees at the Department of L

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"… oncerns that the “government overestimates the risk posed by exposure to chemicals,” covertly proposed new regulations that would make it “tougher to reg …"

"… hat would make it “tougher to regulate workers’ on-the-job exposure to chemicals and toxins," yesterday’s Washington Post unveiled.One of the arguments p …"

After Moscow bombings, U.S. subways still vulnerable to terrorism

By John Solomon

A sarin gas attack on Japan's subway system in 1995. A foiled subway terror plot in New York City. Attacks on underground trains in London i

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"… made from the explosive triacetone triperoxide that he concocted from the chemicals in beauty supplies.Earlier this month, WPIX-TV in New York generated some …"

"… partment of Homeland Security began staging tests to study how such deadly chemicals might flow through the system last year. Washington was the first subway s …"

"… ment — completed and published a study back in 2007 showing how airborne chemicals could quickly spread in New York’s subway system and urged that detectio …"

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